Review of If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) by Mick Lasalle for San Francisco Chronicle — 20 Dec 2018
Perhaps because Jenkins can’t translate to the screen the incisiveness and music of Baldwin’s prose, he brings on real music from other sources. Over and over, and increasingly as the movie wears on, Jenkins drowns his film in mirthless jazz and pop interludes to the point that the action feels stuck in cement.
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This review of If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) was written by Mick Lasalle and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 20 Dec 2018.
If Beale Street Could Talk has generally received positive reviews.
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